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bearanoid 

The overly irrational fear of bears brought on by camping in the wild for the first time. Bearanoia is most likely to occur in places such as Yosemite or Yellowstone where bear attacks have been known to occur at campsites.
Wife: Should I wash this flavored chapstick off before bed so the bears don't try to get in our tent tonight to lick my lips?

Husband: No dear, you're just being bearanoid.
bearanoid by nutzoid July 8, 2011
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bearanoid 

To have an exaggerated fear of bears.
Stephen Colbert is bearanoid. Timothy Treadwell was not.
bearanoid by godsavethecheese August 4, 2007

bearanoid 

To have an irrational fear of bears.
Stephen Colbert is bearanoid. Timothy Treadwell was not.
bearanoid by godsavethecheese August 4, 2007

bearanoia 

Bearanoia is a disturbed thought process characterized by excessive anxiety or fear of bears, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Bearanoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs concerning a perceived threat of bears. In the original Greek, (bearnoia) simply means, really fuckin' scared of bears (beara = bears; nous = really fuckin' scared of) and, historically, this characterization was used to describe any delusional state concerning bears.
Stephen Colbert suffers from bearanoia. Timothy Treadwell did not.
bearanoia by ll graham August 5, 2007

Blairanoid 

The belief that everyone is jealous of your perfection and therefore out to get you.
She's a bit of a Blairanoid freak.
Blairanoid by StripeBassDorf July 17, 2009

bananoid 

The weird little nub at the end of a banana that you don't feel like eating. You know that it would be fine to eat, but it just seems like something that should come off with the skin.
Have you read, "Bananoids Among Us"?
bananoid by Ae5Ea8 April 8, 2015